Background
Goodner, Dwight Benjamin was born on August 15, 1913 in What Cheer, Iowa, United States. Son of William Clifford and Myrtle Elizabeth (Harbour) Goodner.
mathematician emeritus educator
Goodner, Dwight Benjamin was born on August 15, 1913 in What Cheer, Iowa, United States. Son of William Clifford and Myrtle Elizabeth (Harbour) Goodner.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, William Penn College, 1934; Master of Arts (T. Wistar Brown fellow), Haverford College, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1949.
Faculty, South Dakot State College, Brookings, 1937-1942, 46;
faculty, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1949-1978;
professor mathematics, Florida State University, 1954-1978;
professor emeritus mathematics, Florida State University, 1978-1995;
associate dean, Florida State University (Graduate School), 1953-1958. Cons. Committee on Accreditation of Armed Services Ednl. Experiences, 1950-1959, Ednl.
Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965-1970. Member Committee on Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, 1966-1970, member consultant bureau, 1963-1971. Consultant, lecturer Agency for International Development Summer Institutions for College Teachers, India, 1966, 67.
Visitor Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1971.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Mathematics Association American (consultant commission on educational media 1964, governor 1967-1971, consultant bureau 1971-1995), American, London, Edinburgh, Indian mathematics societies, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Chi Gamma Iota, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Mildred E. Wilson, June 29, 1936.